Genealogy of the “Grandmother Cell”
... came to be used mostly for representing a visual percept. As we shall see, the term arose because the first such neuron was postulated to represent a grandmother. There might be many grandmother cells responding to a specific stimulus, such as one grandmother, but their response properties would be ...
... came to be used mostly for representing a visual percept. As we shall see, the term arose because the first such neuron was postulated to represent a grandmother. There might be many grandmother cells responding to a specific stimulus, such as one grandmother, but their response properties would be ...
Neural Coding and Auditory Perception
... Chapter 31. Neural Coding and Auditory Perception 1.1.3 Effect of reverberation on coding of envelope modulations Speech reception depends critically on temporal modulations in the amplitude envelope of the speech signal. Reverberation encountered in everyday environments can substantially attenuat ...
... Chapter 31. Neural Coding and Auditory Perception 1.1.3 Effect of reverberation on coding of envelope modulations Speech reception depends critically on temporal modulations in the amplitude envelope of the speech signal. Reverberation encountered in everyday environments can substantially attenuat ...
Von Economo Neurons in the Elephant Brain
... large brain size in these mammals. The evolution of large brain size may place a special premium on overcoming geometric constraints to maintain rapid transmission of crucial information, and this need may explain the independent emergence of the VENs in these species. There are a few mammals apart ...
... large brain size in these mammals. The evolution of large brain size may place a special premium on overcoming geometric constraints to maintain rapid transmission of crucial information, and this need may explain the independent emergence of the VENs in these species. There are a few mammals apart ...
What Are the Units of Brain Function?
... into their function. Nervous system cells are very small, are packed tightly together, and have the consistency of jelly. To see a brain cell, you must first isolate it from surrounding cells, stain it to make it visible, and then magnify it by using a microscope. Anatomists have developed ways of r ...
... into their function. Nervous system cells are very small, are packed tightly together, and have the consistency of jelly. To see a brain cell, you must first isolate it from surrounding cells, stain it to make it visible, and then magnify it by using a microscope. Anatomists have developed ways of r ...
The Dark Side of Product Attachment: An fMRI Study of Reactivity of
... shown that this response may result in increased attentional bias and increased arousal (Bradley et al. 2004; Drobes 2002; Johnsen et al. 1997; Mogg and Bradley 2002; Munafo et al. 2003). However other studies have found that addictive product users, when exposed to these cues, may have an ability ...
... shown that this response may result in increased attentional bias and increased arousal (Bradley et al. 2004; Drobes 2002; Johnsen et al. 1997; Mogg and Bradley 2002; Munafo et al. 2003). However other studies have found that addictive product users, when exposed to these cues, may have an ability ...
From view cells and place cells to cognitive map learning
... like jumping in the direction of the object or avoiding it. It is thus possible to conclude that there are in rodents ± like in monkeys ± two distinct visual processing routes: one for spatial guidance and one for the kind of visual analysis required for object recognition (Mishkin et al. 1983; Kolb ...
... like jumping in the direction of the object or avoiding it. It is thus possible to conclude that there are in rodents ± like in monkeys ± two distinct visual processing routes: one for spatial guidance and one for the kind of visual analysis required for object recognition (Mishkin et al. 1983; Kolb ...
Selective loss of 20S proteasome a-subunits in the substantia nigra
... densitometry (Fig. 1A) [11,19]. In control brains, the content of b-subunits were similar in the various brain regions studied and these levels did not change significantly in PD (Fig. 1B). The content of a-subunits were different in the various regions of control brains and this may reflect tissue- ...
... densitometry (Fig. 1A) [11,19]. In control brains, the content of b-subunits were similar in the various brain regions studied and these levels did not change significantly in PD (Fig. 1B). The content of a-subunits were different in the various regions of control brains and this may reflect tissue- ...
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... joint receptors in the trunk and the lower extremity. Neurons in Clarke's nucleus send their axons into the lateral column of the spinal cord on the same side as the dorsal spinocerebellar tract. This uncrossed tract supplies the cerebellum with proprioceptive information about muscle length, and jo ...
... joint receptors in the trunk and the lower extremity. Neurons in Clarke's nucleus send their axons into the lateral column of the spinal cord on the same side as the dorsal spinocerebellar tract. This uncrossed tract supplies the cerebellum with proprioceptive information about muscle length, and jo ...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder What Happens in the Brain?
... It can result from a single or prolonged life-threatening event. The memory can bury itself deep in the mind and, for years afterward, torment the person with all kinds of strange unexplained feelings. Some people come through these events and recover. Some do not. Why the difference? As yet, probab ...
... It can result from a single or prolonged life-threatening event. The memory can bury itself deep in the mind and, for years afterward, torment the person with all kinds of strange unexplained feelings. Some people come through these events and recover. Some do not. Why the difference? As yet, probab ...
Letter to Teachers
... 1. Brain cells or neurons send messages. 2. Chemicals called neurotransmitters carry messages between neurons. 3. Neurotransmitters fit into receptors in the receiving neuron. 4. The brain’s limbic system creates feelings of pleasure after a good meal. 5. Dopamine carries messages of pleasure when y ...
... 1. Brain cells or neurons send messages. 2. Chemicals called neurotransmitters carry messages between neurons. 3. Neurotransmitters fit into receptors in the receiving neuron. 4. The brain’s limbic system creates feelings of pleasure after a good meal. 5. Dopamine carries messages of pleasure when y ...
ling411-11-Columns - OWL-Space
... • Visual information, in occipital lobe We know what its bark sounds like • Auditory information, in temporal lobe We know what its fur feels like • Somatosensory information, in parietal lobe All of the above.. • constitute perceptual information • are subwebs with many nodes each • have to b ...
... • Visual information, in occipital lobe We know what its bark sounds like • Auditory information, in temporal lobe We know what its fur feels like • Somatosensory information, in parietal lobe All of the above.. • constitute perceptual information • are subwebs with many nodes each • have to b ...
Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of
... home for some weeks and then returned back to the lab, they showed better problem-solving ability than rats that had remained permanently in the lab. Hebb concluded that “the richer experience of the pet group mad during development made them better able to profit by new experience at maturity”- whi ...
... home for some weeks and then returned back to the lab, they showed better problem-solving ability than rats that had remained permanently in the lab. Hebb concluded that “the richer experience of the pet group mad during development made them better able to profit by new experience at maturity”- whi ...
Endocrine and nervous systems
... The tips of fingers are sensitive enough to discriminate raised points on a surface, as well as the locations of these points. Knowing this, in the 19th century Louis Braille invented the Braille system of reading for the blind. Each letter of a language alphabet is represented by up to six raised d ...
... The tips of fingers are sensitive enough to discriminate raised points on a surface, as well as the locations of these points. Knowing this, in the 19th century Louis Braille invented the Braille system of reading for the blind. Each letter of a language alphabet is represented by up to six raised d ...
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... b. potassium channels in the neuron will remain closed c. action potentials will continue to occur in the adjacent neuron d. neurotransmitters will break down before reaching the receptor site ____ 18. Which of the following outcomes will likely occur if acetylcholinesterase is not present in a syn ...
... b. potassium channels in the neuron will remain closed c. action potentials will continue to occur in the adjacent neuron d. neurotransmitters will break down before reaching the receptor site ____ 18. Which of the following outcomes will likely occur if acetylcholinesterase is not present in a syn ...
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... – 2. amygdala: integration center between the limbic system, cerebrum and various sensory systems – 3. olfactory bulbs – 4. mammillary bodies of the olfactory tract hypothalamus mamillary body amygdala – 5. fornix - tract of white matter that parahippocampal gyrus connects the hippocampus to the hip ...
... – 2. amygdala: integration center between the limbic system, cerebrum and various sensory systems – 3. olfactory bulbs – 4. mammillary bodies of the olfactory tract hypothalamus mamillary body amygdala – 5. fornix - tract of white matter that parahippocampal gyrus connects the hippocampus to the hip ...
Lecture
... – 2. amygdala: integration center between the limbic system, cerebrum and various sensory systems – 3. olfactory bulbs – 4. mammillary bodies of the olfactory tract hypothalamus mamillary body amygdala – 5. fornix - tract of white matter that parahippocampal gyrus connects the hippocampus to the hip ...
... – 2. amygdala: integration center between the limbic system, cerebrum and various sensory systems – 3. olfactory bulbs – 4. mammillary bodies of the olfactory tract hypothalamus mamillary body amygdala – 5. fornix - tract of white matter that parahippocampal gyrus connects the hippocampus to the hip ...
computer modelling of neural network of undeveloped living creatures
... applied in calculations but this distance is not applied in the modelling of the beetle, every beetle and the food are point-like object. The food for a predacious beetle is a plant-eating beetle. A predacious beetle has sensor for detecting the wall, too. 2. ANN The starter arrangement is shown in ...
... applied in calculations but this distance is not applied in the modelling of the beetle, every beetle and the food are point-like object. The food for a predacious beetle is a plant-eating beetle. A predacious beetle has sensor for detecting the wall, too. 2. ANN The starter arrangement is shown in ...
Motor system - Brain Facts
... the brain or spinal cord isn’t easily repaired by replacing the cells that have been injured or have died with new ones. Key Intervention Strategies for the treatment of spinal cord injury Acute intervention strategies to limit degeneration that occurs immediately after an injury. More long-term int ...
... the brain or spinal cord isn’t easily repaired by replacing the cells that have been injured or have died with new ones. Key Intervention Strategies for the treatment of spinal cord injury Acute intervention strategies to limit degeneration that occurs immediately after an injury. More long-term int ...
Microsoft Word 97 - 2003 Document
... explain the meaning of nerve fatigue and indicate its possible effects on organisms. ...
... explain the meaning of nerve fatigue and indicate its possible effects on organisms. ...
Sensory perception
... Information passes through sensory nerves to tracts in the spinal cord to the brain The primary brain area involved in processing is the primary somatosensory area in the parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex ...
... Information passes through sensory nerves to tracts in the spinal cord to the brain The primary brain area involved in processing is the primary somatosensory area in the parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex ...
The emergence of a shared action ontology: Building blocks for a
... decomposition process, by answering to the following questions: What are the explicit and implicit assumptions about the structure of reality, which at the same time shape the causal profile of the brainÕs motor output and its representational deep structure, in particular of the conscious mind arisi ...
... decomposition process, by answering to the following questions: What are the explicit and implicit assumptions about the structure of reality, which at the same time shape the causal profile of the brainÕs motor output and its representational deep structure, in particular of the conscious mind arisi ...
Rapid Taste Responses in the Gustatory Cortex during Licking
... number, trial number, tastant delivery number within each trial, and possibly their interactions. The parameter vector  is the relative contribution of each covariate to the fit of the data, and 0 is the intercept. The model was fitted separately for each neuron. Terms for main effects and interac ...
... number, trial number, tastant delivery number within each trial, and possibly their interactions. The parameter vector  is the relative contribution of each covariate to the fit of the data, and 0 is the intercept. The model was fitted separately for each neuron. Terms for main effects and interac ...
Rapid Taste Responses in the Gustatory Cortex
... number, trial number, tastant delivery number within each trial, and possibly their interactions. The parameter vector % is the relative contribution of each covariate to the fit of the data, and %0 is the intercept. The model was fitted separately for each neuron. Terms for main effects and interac ...
... number, trial number, tastant delivery number within each trial, and possibly their interactions. The parameter vector % is the relative contribution of each covariate to the fit of the data, and %0 is the intercept. The model was fitted separately for each neuron. Terms for main effects and interac ...
